Association between immigrant status and advanced cancer patients' location and quality of death.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer patients often prefer to die at home, a location associated with better quality of death (QoD). Several studies demonstrate disparities in end-of-life care among immigrant populations in the United States. This study aimed to evaluate how immigrant status affects location and quality of death among patients with advanced cancer in the United States.

Methods

Data were derived from Coping with Cancer, a federally funded multi-site prospective study of advanced cancer patients and caregivers. The sample of patients who died during the study period was weighted (N_w  = 308) to reduce statistically significant differences between immigrant (N_w  = 49) and nonimmigrant (N_w  = 259) study participants. Primary outcomes were location o

SUBMITTER: Tergas AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9542060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature